Association of Agricultural, Occupational, and Military Inhalants With Autoantibodies and Disease Features in US Veterans With Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Ariadne V EbelGabrielle LuttJill A PooleGeoffrey M ThieleJoshua F BakerGrant W CannonAngelo GaffoGail S KerrAndreas ReimoldPascale SchwabNamrata SinghJ Steuart RichardsDana P AschermanTed R MikulsBryant R EnglandPublished in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2021)
Military burn pit exposure and military waste disposal exposure were independently associated with the presence of anti-CCP antibodies in RA patients. These findings are consistent with emerging evidence that various inhalant exposures influence autoantibody expression and RA risk.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- disease activity
- posttraumatic stress disorder
- heavy metals
- ejection fraction
- poor prognosis
- ankylosing spondylitis
- newly diagnosed
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- risk assessment
- air pollution
- interstitial lung disease
- climate change
- patient reported outcomes
- long non coding rna
- human health
- wound healing
- binding protein
- sewage sludge